Wall Street Journal, Feb. 26, 2024–Trefor MossThe furniture giant has bought a string of locations and says it can rejuvenate them with co-working spaces and Nordic foodClick here for more …
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Fed’s Williams Says Interest-Rate Cuts are ‘Likely Later This Year’
National Mortgage News, February 23, 2024–Alexandra HarrisFederal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said the economy is headed in the right direction, and it will likely be appropriate …
Colorado has Allocated Millions of Dollars This Year to Governments and Housing Organizations Planning to Build Affordable Units
Colorado Sun, Feb. 26, 2024–Tatiana FlowersFunds from Proposition 123, the 2022 ballot measure aiming to increase affordable housing stock in Colorado, are helping to create more of these units.Click here …
U.S. Treasury Yields Fall as Investors Look to Key Economic Data
CNBC, Feb. 26, 2024–Sophie KiderlinU.S. Treasury yields declined on Monday as investors awaited key economic data set to be published this week which could provide hints about the outlook for …
What Companies Need to Know When Accounting for Leap Day
The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 23, 2024-Mark MaurerWhat a difference a day makes. Or does it?Click here for more (subscription)
Non-Banks Better Positioned for Rising HELOC Volume
Home Equity Lending News, February 20, 2024–Angela RoseAlthough a jarring jump in interest rates left home-equity line-of-credit lending lower last year, the second half of this year is expected to …
These Show Homes Take Different Paths
The Housing Scene by Lew Sichelman, Feb. 23, 2024Thousands of homebuilders from all over will flock to Las Vegas next week for their annual convention: the International Builders’ Show. At …
Commercial Mortgage REITs Weathered Another Quarter. They’re Cheap Again.
Barron’s, Feb. 23, 2024-Bill AlpertThe year-end reports have come in from a cadre of lenders who hold loans on some of the more troubled kinds of commercial real estate.Click here …
Modest Growth Expected In Housing Market Despite Lingering Affordability Challenges
National Mortgage Professional, Feb. 23, 2024-Christine StuartFannie Mae forecasts a slow rise in existing home sales and new single-family housing starts amid lower mortgage rates and strengthening sentiment.Click here for …
What Many Get Wrong About the US Office Market
Globe St., Feb. 23, 2024-Erik ShermanThe issue, says Brookfield, isn’t too much stock for demand, but not enough.Click here for more (subscription)